BUSINESS

The telecommunication companies in Ghana have been ordered to cease the instant deduction of the Communications Service Tax also known as Talk Tax. “To minimize the negative impact of the current mode of deduction of the CST, the Ministry!-->… Read More...

Former staff of defunct telecommunication company, Expresso are demanding their unpaid salaries which have been in arrears for that past five years. The company earlier this year lost its licence to operate. But the workers insist the!-->… Read More...

Defunct uniBank Ghana Limited under the receivership of Nii Amanor Duodoo has sued Dr. Kwabena Duffour, HODA Holdings Ltd, Star life Assurance and 7 others at the High Court. The plaintiff, uniBank, among other reliefs is praying the court!-->… Read More...

The Koforidua Branch of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has recovered a total of Gh¢ 5.1 million as arrears from employers who had not paid contributions for their workers since January this year. The exercise!-->… Read More...

Electricity tariff in the country will increase by 11.17%, effective July 1, 2019, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission has announced. A Press release from the PURC said the decision was taken after careful consideration of proposals!-->… Read More...

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) says the delay by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to communicate new tariffs could frustrate consumers. ACEP in a press release signed by its Executive Director, Benjamin Boakye!-->… Read More...

Ghana’s COCOBOD will open its cocoa light crop purchases on Friday, maintaining the price it pays farmers at 7,600 cedis ($1,407) per tonne, the regulator said on Wednesday. The world’s second largest cocoa exporter after Ivory Coast runs!-->… Read More...

Ghana’s economy grew 6.7 per cent year-on-year in the first three months of 2019 compared to 5.4 per cent in the same period last year, the Ghana Statistical Service said on Wednesday. The quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted growth rate!-->… Read More...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is urging African states to spare no effort at growing the African Development Bank (AfDB) as the largest provider of capital to the continent. He says the very essence of ongoing integration efforts which!-->… Read More...